City Changes Funding Process For Nonprofit Agency Requests

Letters to the Editor 06-20-2002

- Whitko Alumni Concert - Silver Lake Days - Golf Congratulations - Sword Of Damocles Whitko Alumni Concert Editor, Times-Union: Whitko Marching Pride director Jason Bennett, the Whitko Marching Pride and the Whitko Band Boosters need help with an opus.Webster defines opus as "a work, a composition."What work is this group creating? They are creating Whitko's first Marching Pride and alumni concert. Any WHS alumni from 1972-2002 are welcome to join the 2002-2003 Marching Pride in concert to be called "The Four Score Minus Ten Concert."The concert will be held before January 2003 at Whitko High School.The date of the concert will be determined by the organizing committee and the participants.

Public Gives Input On School Building Project

Tammy Dalton, Warsaw School Board member, has attended all 27 public meetings on the building project over the past two years.

Winona OKs Paving, Curbing Projects

WINONA LAKE - Winona Lake Town Council Tuesday approved Niblock Excavating to complete street repaving and curbing projects in the town.

Heated Debate With Fire Dept. At Syracuse Town Council

SYRACUSE – Upon Syracuse Fire Chief Mickey Scott’s presentation of a proposed 2017 budget, Syracuse Town Council Vice President Tom Hoover said that according to the agreement between the council and the Turkey Creek Fire Territory, fire budgets were supposed to be discussed by both parties before being developed for presentation.

Heated Debate With Fire Dept. At Syracuse Council Meeting

SYRACUSE – Upon Syracuse Fire Chief Mickey Scott’s presentation of a proposed 2017 budget, Syracuse Town Council Vice President Tom Hoover said that according to the agreement between the council and the Turkey Creek Fire Territory, fire budgets were supposed to be discussed by both parties before being developed for presentation.

Valley Invites All Grads To B'day Celebration

AKRON – Whether they were Talma Tigers, Burket Hawks, Mentone Bulldogs, Akron Flyers, Beaver Dam Beavers or Tippecanoe Valley Vikings, alumni of the Tippecanoe Valley School Corp. are invited back to the district for its 40th anniversary event.

Wolkins Won’t Seek 17th Term

City Celebrates ‘Activation’ Of Alley Beautification Project

The idea of a spruced-up alley in downtown Warsaw surfaced four years ago with a charette prepared by Ball State University architecture students.

March Was Maddening Last Week In High School Sports

March Madness took on another meaning for everyone in the sports world last week – a week like none other in the history of organized sports with the acceleration of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the United States. The madness was not the bouncing of basketballs in arenas around the country. Instead it was organization after organization trying to determine the viability of continuing to operate – particularly after the suspension of the NBA season and the cancellation of the NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Championships.

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Marsh Building Not Luring Tenants In

The old Marsh building on South Buffalo Street in Warsaw may be sitting empty for a while longer.

Letters to the Editor 07-22-2004

- Editor, Times-Union: Editor, Times-Union: In response to Mr.Blake Dirks' letter, I must express my sincere appreciation for a very insightful lesson in history, foreign policy and constitutional law.When I went to Borders to get my copy of "Citizenship for Dummies," they were plum out, so his primer was definitely needed.I can't speak for Mssrs.Guard and Kaiser, but having followed their contributions to this publication over the years, I'm sure they are truly humbled by your chastisement of their respective positions. That being said, let me throw in my 2 cents.

Panthers Edge No. 3 (4A) Goshen

GOSHEN -ÊA Panther field goal in the second quarter of the NorthWood-Goshen game turned out to be the deciding factor in Friday football action in Goshen.The No.7 (3A) Panthers upset the favored No.3 (4A) Redskins 16-13 in Northern Lakes Conference action. NorthWood improved to 3-1 overall and 2-0 in the NLC, while Goshen dropped to 3-1 overall and 0-1 in the NLC. Casey Lehman sent a 38-yard field goal through the uprights in the first quarter to give NorthWood a 3-0 lead that would stand until the third quarter. Goshen went up 7-3 after a Brandon Schrock touchdown in the third and then took a 13-3 lead on another Schrock run in the fourth. Ben Lehman's 2-yard run in the fourth quarter made the score 13-10 in Goshen's favor, but Mike Blosser connected with Willy Will for a 20-yard touchdown pass to secure the 16-13 Panther win.

BOURBON - After last weekend's heartbreaking 14-13 loss to LaVille, Triton head coach Rodney Younis and his squad needed to rebound and avoid a letdown against Knox.

Triton exceeded expectations when Bryon Overmyer's 44-yard run secured the win for the Trojans.The problem for the Redskins was, Overmyer's run came with 7:35 left in the first quarter. The Trojans outmanned and outclassed Knox en route to a 53-6 trashing on Triton's senior night in Bourbon Friday. Triton broke into the scoring column at the 10:23 mark on a 12-yard run by Overmyer.A minute after Overmyer's second score of the evening, the senior fullback watched as fellow upperclassmen Richard Davis glided in from 29 yards out.Davis then caught a pass from quarterback Cory McClarnon to make the score 19-0 midway through the first quarter. The Trojans put up two more scores before the first period mercifully came to an end. Overmyer went for a touchdown hat trick on a 51-yard scamper.Senior McClarnon got into the action with a 16-yard run of his own. Overmyer and McClarnon added runs of 39 and 41 yards, respectively, to make the halftime score 45-6.

Remember When December 18

10 Years Ago December 18 1991 KELLY AFB, Texas - Jeffrey Richcreek has been promoted in the U.S.Air Force to the rank of senior airman. Richcreek is a security specialist at Howard Air Force Base, Panama City, Panama. He is the son of Max and Susan Richcreek, North Webster.He graduated from Wawasee High School, Syracuse, in 1988. 25 Years Ago December 18 1976 Jim McCleary and Sally White, both of Warsaw, were honored as the Most Improved Golfers at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, according to professional Jim Atwood. Atwood made the presentations in conjunction with Golf Digest magazine.The two winners each received a personalized certificate and will be listed in a special feature in the magazine's January issue.

Salvation Army Continues Long Tradition Of Helping Those In Need

Ringing bells are a common sound during the Christmas season. They often can be heard at local stores as people raising money for the Salvation Army ring bells by the red kettles for contributions.In turn, the Salvation Army uses the money to help needy families during the holidays and beyond.According to Ken Locke, of the Salvation Army, its goal this year is to raise $112,000. The bell ringers and red kettles are at Wal-Mart, Big K-Mart, both Owen's locations and Marsh.There are also 80 counter kettles in area businesses. Another way the organization helps children during Christmas is the Angel Tree program.Christmas trees are placed in four locations around the community.Children's names are put on decorations on the tree and people shop for them, both for clothes and toys.Of the 150 families in the Angel Tree program, there are approximately 230 children.The trees are at Big K-Mart, DePuy, Biomet and SPX in Pierceton.

Kosciusko Votes For Loser In Gov., U.S. Rep. Races, Winners In Other State Races

Republicans won most of the Indiana state elections Tuesday with a couple of exceptions. Democrat Gov.Frank O'Bannon once again enjoyed victory with 57 percent of the votes overall.However, he only received about 40 percent of the votes in Kosciusko County compared to Republican challenger David McIntosh's 58 percent.Libertarian Andrew Horning received about 1 percent of all votes. O'Bannon was not available for comment Wednesday but his deputy press secretary, Jeff Harris, said, "The governor is extremely pleased with his victory.He will now focus on the next four years on the school improvement plan and the school readiness plan." Harris said some of O'Bannon's other big issues include a children's health insurance plan, a prescription drug plan, and keeping the economy strong and bringing more jobs into Indiana.

County May Hire Emergency Management Director

Since Sept.11, 2001, many new policies and changes have occurred in government at all levels. With those changes, county administrator Ron Robinson told the county commissioners Tuesday, it has come to a point where a new county position is needed - the position of an emergency management director.The new position, he said, will keep the county on track with all the new rules and regulations as well as work with area businesses on issues related to them. Robinson said he knows the county doesn't like to increase government but it has come to a point where this is a necessity.Many of the federal grant monies the county seeks now require counties to have an emergency management director to receive the funding because the dollars are usually connected to homeland security. The county commissioners approved the position but the county council also must approve the position. "It's another mandate," said northern district county commissioner Brad Jackson.

Remember When July 23

10 Years Ago July 23 1992 Warsaw Community High School student Lori Miller is pictured in a Discover Card advertisement in the July 20 issue of "People" magazine.Miller is one of nine national Discover Card Scholarship Program winners.She and the other eight winners were chosen out of almost 5,000 entries. 25 Years Ago July 23 1977 Marine Private Jack S.Moody, son of Gladys Riggens, Warsaw, has completed the Field Radio Operator's Course. During the seven-week course at the Marine Corps Communication-Electronics School, he received instruction on the installation, adjustment and operation of the tactical radios used by Marine Corps ground and aviation units.He studied voice radio procedure, communications security and the use of encryption (message "scrambling") equipment.